Analysis of The Young Usurper

George Meredith 1828 (Portsmouth, Hampshire) – 1909 (Box Hill, Surrey)



On my darling's bosom
Has dropped a living rosy bud,
Fair as brilliant Hesper
Against the brimming flood.
She handles him,
She dandles him,
She fondles him and eyes him:
And if upon a tear he wakes,
With many a kiss she dries him:
She covets every move he makes,
And never enough can prize him.
Ah, the young Usurper!
I yield my golden throne:
Such angel bands attend his hands
To claim it for his own.


Scheme ABCBDDDEDEDCFGF
Poetic Form
Metre 11110 11010101 111010 010101 1101 111 111011 01010111 11001111 110100111 01001111 1011 111101 11010111 111111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 410
Words 79
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 312
Words per stanza (avg) 77
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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George Meredith

George Meredith was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times. more…

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